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Man Utd end Chelsea unbeaten run with 1-0 win
(Soccer)
Updated: 2005-11-07 10:17
"If you ask them if they want to change position with us they would do it in
the same moment.
"We are not happy because we lost, but we feel proud of the way the team
performed and proud to participate in the game.
"I believe it isn't a fair result for my team, but at the same time they were
in front and defended everything with a lot of spirit and a lot of effort and
they won a game.
"They have had a difficult period, they lost a lot of points and a few
matches, but they have a good team, a good manager and the future can be better
-- but not enough to be champions of England again.
"For sure they have a better future and will be more close to us, but I still
believe we showed today why we are champions and why we are top of the league."
Manchester United midfielder Alan Smith said his side had been fired up by
the criticism handed out by captain Roy Keane following United's 4-1 defeat at
Middlesbrough in an MUTV interview that was blocked from being screened by the
club.
"The performance has always been there. The gaffer has never doubted us and
we never doubted ourselves," Smith told Sky Sports.
"But sometimes you need a reminder you are at a big club, and you are not at
your previous club, and we have had that.
"You have to accept criticism when it comes and at Manchester United you
should not be getting beat, and certainly not getting beaten by four goals.
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